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The outdoor community cherishes these places, and has recently fought fiercely to keep them public. Yet the land disposal process has historically been opaque–often buried in hundreds of pages of government documents.
Two members of the House Judiciary Committee say the case against Michelino Sunseri epitomizes the overcriminalization that President Trump decries…
Romania has the highest brown (grizzly) bear population in the European Union, and the highest number of fatal bear attacks.
Here is an inspiring hunting and gun-collecting story. It is a slice of the American gun culture you seldom see in the old media. Be Rich, Be Frank!
Federal prosecutors charged Sunseri with a misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in jail for using a trail that the Park Service described as closed, although it had never bothered to clearly inform the public.
In Florida, a fatal black bear attack has been recorded for the first time. It happened in a rural part of the state.
Senator Adam Schiff, a recipient of a preemptive pardon from President Joe Biden in January 2025, for as yet unidentified crimes, calls for a nationwide semi-automatic rifle ban.
In one of the largest bird trafficking cases ever prosecuted, a Georgia man has been fined $900,000 and sentenced to three years of probation after federal authorities uncovered a massive illegal taxidermy collection…
Two Russian bear researchers appear to have similar desires to be at close range to large bears as did Timothy Treadwell. None of them carried firearms. Treadwell and one of the Russians were killed and eaten by large bears.
Collared peccary, also known locally as javelina, are an important big game animal in the southwestern United States & Mexico. They are managed alongside other big game species…
Rather than following the law, CPW Commissioners Beaulieu and Murphy published an opinion piece in support of their personal ideologies,” the lawsuit alleges.
Not sure what we have to do to get the Forest Service back on track. Extremely disappointed in the lack of response from our gov’t officials.
Protests filed against the Biden-Harris administration’s plan to close recreational shooting access to 1.3 million acres in Utah, ignoring the law to prevent this exact action.
A Russian man’s use of bear spray with a polar bear makes an amusing story with serious lessons.
Coloradans should reject ballot box biology pushed by animal rights activists, George Soros-funded outside groups and people like Dan Ashe.
Six separate attacks. Three at campgrounds, three on people running on trails. None of the people had weapons to fight with.
Romania increased the number of European brown bears to be culled next year. The number was increased as another tourist was killed and partially eaten by a bear.
Chris Baker at Lucky Gunner has produced a high quality video summation of the data published at AmmoLand about the use of handguns in defense against bears.
Five year old Elizabeth presented a picture of people using handguns to defend themselves against a bear.
12 incidents have been documented where 10mm, .41 magnum, and .45 Super handguns have been fired in defense against bears. Those incidents are detailed in this article.
All documented incidents where a .45 acp handgun was fired to defend against bears.
In determining the efficacy of firearms, in particular handguns, only those incidents where the firearm was fired should be considered.
13 incidents where .40 caliber, .44-40 revolvers and .45 Colt revolvers were fired in defense against bears. All were successful. These are all the incidents we have been able to document, with diligent research over several years.
There have been 14 documented cases where a .357 Magnum revolver has been fired in defense against bears. One of those cases was a failure.
Florida Governor DeSantis has signed HB87, a bill to restore the right of people to defend themselves, their pets, and their homes from destructive, rogue black bears.
The bill to restore the ability of people in Florida to defend themselves, their pets and their dwellings from black bears has been sent to Governor DeSantis.
A cinnamon phase black bear killed a 71 year old woman in her home in Downieville, California. Sierra County Sheriff Mike Fisher had to struggle with California Fish & Game bureaucracy to trap and euthanize the bear.
There are 6-9 million feral hogs across the country, with Texas housing the biggest population. The damage they cause adds up to a whopping $1.5 billion…
On Monday, May 27, a cinnamon color phase of the common black bear entered the home of a long-time resident of Lake Tahoe, California.
A story heard by a young boy in 1960’s Wisconsin, has a ring of veracity, but not enough information to consider it documented for the database of handguns fired in defense against bears.
